The one-hour HBO® drama series created by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and executive produced by Sorkin, Scott Rudin and Alan Poul. Smart, topical, thought-provoking and highly entertaining, The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high-rated cable-news program at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) Network, focusing on the on- and off-camera lives of its acerbic anchor (Jeff Daniels), executive producer (Emily Mortimer), their newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel and others), news-division boss (Sam Waterston) and parent-company CEO (Jane Fonda). Season 2 will take place over a five-day period leading up to Election Day 2012, and will encompass numerous flashbacks to earlier events from 2011 and 2012. One of the season’s major story arcs involves a wrongful-termination lawsuit made by a staff member alleged to have doctored a report about a suspicious U.S. drone strike. As details about the suit’s origin and aftermath emerge, The Newsroom team continues its quixotic mission to “do the news well” in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles, and their personal entanglements.

2014 -

66th Primetime Emmy NominationsOutstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series - Jeff Daniels, as Will McAvoy
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - Jane Fonda, as Leona Lansing

The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) nominees for the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards:Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series - The Newsroom - Jeff Daniels, as Will McAvoy
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series - The Newsroom - Jane Fonda, as Leona Lansing
Outstanding Main Title Design - The Newsroom - Michael Riley, Denny Simmerman, Title Designersl Cory Shaw, Animator; Justine Gerenstein, Editor